316 CUKCULKXNIDJE. 



[LeConto. 



erately distant, metathoracic side pieces rather wide, fifth ventral segment 

 hardly longer than the fourth. Funicle of antennae slender, first joint as long 

 as the three following ; second a little longer than the third ; club less 

 elongate, stouter, pubescent, less distinctly annulatecl. Length 4 mm. ; 

 .16 inch. 

 Middle and Southern States; four specimens. 



21. C. longulus, n. sp. 



This species closely resembles C. falsui, but is still more elongate and 

 clothed with hair-like scales both above and beneath. The prothorax is 

 not wider than long, and is less constricted at the tip ; the punctures are 

 less dense, and the dorsal line is indistinct. The prosternum is more dis- 

 tinctly sulcate, and the fifth ventral segment is distinctly longer than the 

 fourth. Length 4 mm.; .10 inch. 



Texas, Belfrage; one tf. The beak is nearly smooth, punctured only 

 towards the base. The first ventral segment is slightly flattened. 



22. C. concinnus, n. sp. 



Elongate, black, with a slight bronzed tint, thinly clothed with white 

 hairs, becoming capillary scales beneath. Beak as long as the prothorax, 

 slightly curved, frontal impression distinct. Prothorax a little longer than 

 wide, narrowed and feebly constricted in front, coarsely but not deeply 

 punctured, finely alutaceous. Elytra parallel, conjointly rounded at tip; 

 striae fine, interspaces wide, feebly punctulate. Beneath rather coarsely 

 punctured; prosternum with two small foveae near the tip; not emarginate 

 behind; front coxae moderately distant; metathoracic side pieces narrow, 

 fifth ventral segment longer than the fourth. Funicle of antenna? ra her 

 stout and short, second joint not longer than third. Length 1.8-2.3 mm.; 

 .07-10 inch. 



New York, Florida, Texas. The beak is striate and more deeply punc- 

 tured in the (^. 



23. C. confusus Boh., Sch. Cure, iii, 740; Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1843, 2d, 

 293. 



Southern and Western States ; also found in California, according to 

 Mannerheim. Elongate, dull black, thinly clothed with white hairs, 

 which are very small and inconspicuous above, and scale-like beneath. 

 Beak as long as the prothorax, slender, slightly curved. Prothorax 

 strongly and densely punctured; dorsal line narrow, smooth; sides slightly 

 oblique, rounded in front, and feebly constricted. Elytra with deep striae, 

 interspaces strongly punctulate, tips conjointly rounded. Beneath coarsely 

 punctured, prosternum with a rounded impression near the tip; not emar- 

 ginate behind; frjnt coxae moderately separated, metathoracic side pieces 

 rather narrow; fifth ventral segment a little longer than the fourth. Funi- 

 cle of antennae stout, second joint scarcely longer than third. Length 2.8 

 mm.; .11 inch. 



$. ProsLernum armed each side in front of the coxae with a long straight 



